Tagged Turkey

(UR) Washington, D.C. — As Iraqi military forces were beginning their initial push into Mosul on Tuesday, theWashington Post was reporting that U.S. defense officials are working to overcome serious roadblocks ... Read More...

(UR) Istanbul — A day after the administration of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dismissed an additional 10,000 civil employees and shut down another 15 media outlets inside Turkey, it was reported Monday that ... Read More...

(UR) As Anti-Media reported Monday, analysis of recent events suggests President Vladimir Putin may have ulterior motives in sending the largest Russian naval fleet since the Cold War steaming toward the Medite... Read More...

(UR) Syria — Turkey’s military is now firing on Kurdish fighters in Syria, Reuters reported Thursday, with over two dozen airstrikes against Kurdish militia groups carried out overnight. The report — as many of... Read More...

(UR) New York — On Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused the United States of supplying weapons to Kurdish YPG fighters — whom Turkey has been battling for decades — in the northern Syrian ci... Read More...

(UR) Aleppo — After having its siege of Aleppo broken a month ago by rebels, pro-Assad forces — backed by heavy Russian air power — have retaken the lost territory and effectively re-established the blockade, A... Read More...

(UR) Northern Syria — A day after crossing the border into northern Syria in a joint action with U.S.-led coalition forces, Turkey has taken aim at Kurdish YPG fighters in Jarabulus — the same Kurdish fighters ... Read More...

(UR) Russia — Russian Army units in the south and west, as well as the Air Force and the Navy’s northern fleet, have been placed on high alert as part of a massive snap exercise aimed at checking the troops’ re... Read More...

(UR) Syria — In a move that was swiftly condemned by the Syrian government, Turkish tanks crossed the border into northern Syria on Wednesday, the beginning of a U.S.-led coalition campaign aimed at “clearing t... Read More...